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1) Naomi Parker-Fraley working in a factory during the beginning of WWII.

This copper medal was given to Amelia Earhart (the first female aviator to fly across the Atlantic Ocean). Recognizes her transatlantic flight.

Detail of stereopticon image of bas-relief butter
sculpture of a dairymaid milking a cow. Washington state
dairy exhibit, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis,
1904. (Author’s collection.)

The 1911 Iowa State Fair featured John K. Daniels’s butter sculpture of a boy trying to get a calf to nurse. Visitors were given a souvenir postcard advertising the Beatrice Creamery Company, the sponsor of the display. Photo from author’s…

Stereograph details of different exhibits from the 1876 Centennial

Personal Photo

The book cover of the 1950 edition of Emma published by Abbey Classics in California. Found on Paris Review for article about Margaret Sullivan's book Jane Austen Cover to Cover which documents the many covers for editions of Austen's six most…